Agatha Christie’s complete Tommy and Tuppence short story collection, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford were restless for adventure, so when they were asked to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency, they leapt at the chance.

After their triumphant recovery of a pink pearl, intriguing cases kept on coming their way: a stabbing on Sunningdale golf course; cryptic messages in the personal columns of newspapers; and even a box of poisoned chocolates.

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‘Sherlock Holmes, John Thorndyke, Father Brown and even Poirot are amiably parodied, and once or twice the solution as well as the dialogue is deliberately facetious.’Times Literary Supplement

About the Author

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay in 1890 and became, quite simply, the best-selling novelist in history. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, written towards the end of the First World War, introduced us to Hercule Poirot, who was to become the most popular detective in crime fiction since Sherlock Holmes. She is known throughout the world as the Queen of Crime. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and another billion in over 100 foreign countries. She is the author of 80 crime novels and short story collections, 19 plays, and six novels under the name of Mary Westmacott.

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First published in 1929, 'Partners in Crime' is the complete collection of Tommy and Tuppence short stories. Tommy and Tuppence, two amateur sleuths, are ever eager for adventure of any sort and when asked to run a detective agency they are keen to start - so begins a series of tales of their exploits - all a 'lark' and 'jolly good fun' of course! Fast paced, fun and frothy - written with much humour and not taken too seriously. The detective duo are far away from my favourite Christie creations, unfortunately, although this is still an enjoyable read and a refreshing change.

These are stories I already know having previously owned them on cassette. They are still very good listening and I would recommend them to anyone. Unfortunately there aren't many Tommy and Tuppence books so its great to be able to listen to them being read so well by Hugh Fraser. He's one of my favourite readers.

I love the Tommy and Tuppence characters and stories. Hugh Fraser does a great job reading them. I enjoy the way that memories of having read the books surface as I listen and, far from spoiling the surprises, enhance my enjoyment of the originals!

I came to realize that these characters existed in their own right a short while ago, so felt compelled to read their stories. This is much better than the way the characters have been incorporated into stories with other Christie characters in recent TV adaptations. This book is a collection of short stories. I am now reading the next in the series (N or M) , which is a full length novel.

Typical of Agatha Christie to vary the plots in these great short stories which are ideal for those who read before going to bed. The rapport between the couple is very endearing. I chose this because of the TV show, as I had read the book many years ago and the story on the TV didn't seem familiar, it has been changed quite drastically and to my mind not in a good way I much prefer Agatha Christie's version of events!